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Kinwun Min-gyi"s London Diary, The: the First Mission of a Burmese Minister to Britain, 1872 | Following the Second Burmese War, British forces occupied approximately half of the Burmese Kingdom, as far east as the Irrawadi Valley. Kinwun Min-gyi ("Minister Kinwun") was a voice of moderation in... more >>> |
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Languages and History: Japanese, Korean and Altaic | Summarizing what is known of the history and prehistory of Korean and Japanese, a problem that necessarily involves their possible genetic relationship to the Altaic (Turkic, Mongol, Tungus) languages... more >>> |
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Lao Close Encounters | 1200 colour plates <<more >>> |
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Lao Roots: Fragments of a Nordic-lao Family Saga | In 1990 the author travelled to Laos to find her relatives still living there. For years she and her sister had sought the descendants of their grandmother, Sao Boun Ma. These Laotian relatives were f... more >>> |
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Laos: Caught in the Web: the Vietnam War Years | The small nation of Laos was little known to most Westerners when the author and her husband, a USAID worker, moved to Laos in 1971.Befriended by two young Laotians, the author became a part of villag... more >>> |
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Last Wali of Swat, The | History has moved very swiftly in some parts of Asia, and the personal recollections of Miangul Jahanzeb, the Wali of Swat, span a breath-taking series of transformations of which he himself was partl... more >>> |
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Let"s Speak Lao (includes Cd Rom) | Loas, blessed with rich cultural traditions, natural beauty and a warm and hospitable population, is still, remarkably, "off the beaten track" as far as the hordes of tourists one encounters elsewhere... more >>> |
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Let"s Speak Thai (includes Cd Rom) | For the new arrival to Thailand , nothing seems more impenetrable than the local language. Phrasebooks abound, but how does one begin to master the unique sounds of the language, required of the very ... more >>> |
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Little Luminous Boy, The: the Oral Tradition from the Land of Zhang-zhung Depicted on Two Tibetan | A detailed exposition of the Bön secret oral tradition from Zhang-Zhung in western Tibet, and its transmission by recognized masters up till the present. Richly illustrated with exquisite details from... more >>> |
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Little Luminous Boy:the Oral Tradition from the Land of Zhang-zhung Depicted on Two Tibetan Painting | A detailed exposition of the Bön secret oral tradition from Zhang-Zhung in western Tibet, and its transmission by recognized masters up till the present. Richly illustrated with exquisite details from... more >>> |
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Living Fabric: Weaving Among the Nomads of Ladakh Himalaya | This is the first study of the tradition of weaving among the nomadic pastoralists of Rupshu, in eastern Ladakh. Weaving touches all aspects of life in Rupshu, where both women and men weave, each on ... more >>> |
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Living With the Desert: Working Buildings on the Iranian Plateau | For centuries man has adapted his way of life to the harsh conditions of the Iranian Plateau by the use of simple technology. This text examines this process in detail, studying not the grand religiou... more >>> |
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Lore of the Chinese Lute | The lute, ch’in or guqin is one of China’s oldest and most revered musical instruments. Records indicate that it has been a favourite of the literary classes for more than 2,500 years; Confucius himse... more >>> |
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Mandarin: a Novel | Young Bach seemed to have it all-the first born son of the wealthiest and most powerful mandarin at the Hue court, he grew to be a robust and handsome young man, irresistible to the women in his life,... more >>> |
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Mara in the Land of Smiles: an Ancient Fable for Today | Mara in the Land of Smiles is a delightful fable set in a mythical country that vaguely resembles Thailand, hundreds of years ago. It recounts the tale of the epic struggle between Mara, the Lord of D... more >>> |
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Memories from Afar | Memories from Afar follows the lives of two young men in Burma-one of royal blood and one commoner-whose lives, while separated by some 60 years in time, are linked by shared custom, traditions and be... more >>> |
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Mi Fu on Inkstones | The great Song Dynasty poet and artist, Mi Fu (1051-1107), wrote treatises on painting and calligraphy, in addition to the present work on ink-stones, translated here by the eminent Dutch diplomat and... more >>> |
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Modern De Quincey, A: Autobiography of an Opium Addict | Captain Robinson, completing a posting as a young British administrator in remote northern Burma, returned to Mandalay in 1923 to await a new assignment. One evening, Robinson and two friends, came up... more >>> |
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Monastic Life, The: Pathway of the Buddist Monk (mini Orchards) | This text is part of a set of three little books (each available separately or as a boxed set), which outlines in simple (but not simplistic) terms, the life of the Buddha, Buddhist teaching and monas... more >>> |
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